Helicopter rotors beat the air this morning as local START team members and AirMed lifted an injured man from Maple Canyon. Detailed information is pending, but initial reports indicate that a man became “ledged in” last night and spent the nigh high in the cliffs. Early this morning, friends attempted to talk and guide the [...]
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New Routes in RH Fork
Noah and I donned drills and hardware this weekend and set out to finish developing a wall I started 12 years ago. Until we get the routes cleaned and the wall finished I will withhold the location, but it’ll be worth the wait! When we are done there will be 8-10 routes from 5.7 to [...]
Rental cottage caters to climbers
So you’ve all been to Maple and found no room a the inn, right? Well, check this out… The Red Apple Cottage in Ft. Green is a really fantastic place to stay, super affordable and caters to climbers. It’s a great little piece of history…a house that has been in the owners family for generations, [...]
New climbing shop in town!
Hey folks, We’ve been silent for a couple of months but we have a good excuse. The Maple Leaf Climbing Shop, which has been in Ephraim for 14 years, has moved to main street! We have made a TON of fantastic improvements to the shop – you really have to see it to believe it. [...]
THE DAY has Arrived!
They are HERE and they are awesome! Noah and I burned the midnight oil tonight getting guidebooks packaged and labeled for shipment tomorrow AM. If you pre-ordered a guide they are ON THE WAY! A big thanks to all of you for your patience! Jason & Noah
Changing the Stripes
Noah Stevens on his first multi-pitch route.
Guidebook Status
Hi Folks, News concerning the Maple Canyon Guidebook: Good News: Darrens guidebook went to the printer a few days ago! We are finally there!! Bad News: It is about 10 days behind schedule. The ship date is now May 10. The Good news about the Bad News: The delays were mostly related to advertising and [...]
New Routes! Yippee!
Jared Nielson recently returned to the United States after completing his stay at the US Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia. We are glad he’s back! To celebrate his return, we visited the stomping grounds yesterday and put up two new routes on Simpson Rock near the RH Fork trailhead. For reference, there are three black water [...]
Schoolroom Improvements
Everybody give a high-five to John Ross! John spent all day saturday making improvements and upgrades to the routes and anchor stations in the Schoolroom. If you’ve never developed a route it can be hard to visualize just how much work this is. It’s physical, dirty work. If your alone, you have to find creative [...]
Canyon Conditions 4.12.12
The snow is gone! At least up to and including the vicinity of the campground. A few snow patches linger in shaded areas and on the base of north facing cliffs (like Minimum Crag). I’ve not been to Pipe Dream yet, so I don’t have the skinny for that crag, but It’s coming. Rain and [...]
